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Romania Won?t Cut Rates as Political Turmoil Sinks Leu [Apr 30, 2012] Romania?s central bank will probably refrain from cutting its benchmark interest rate for a fifth consecutive meeting after the government collapsed for a second time this year, weakening the leu, analysts from London to Bucharest said. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania, in 18 London Olympics cultural projects [Mar 07, 2012] Romania will present 18 projects at the cultural Olympics to animate London in the run-up to the Summer Olympic Games July 27-August 12 this year, part of a program coordinated by the Romanian Cultural Institute (ICR). The event ?Poetry and Sports: great sports people reading great poets?, June 11 will have Olympians Nadia Comaneci, Tanni Gray-Thompson, Edwin Moses and Steve Williams read poetry. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian opera diva debuts in Washington [Mar 04, 2012] Romanian opera diva Angela Gheorghiu was hailed Saturday in Washington as she made her opera debut in the US capital, 20 years after launching her international career in London. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian opera diva debuts in Washington [Mar 04, 2012] Romanian opera diva Angela Gheorghiu was hailed Saturday in Washington as she made her opera debut in the US capital, 20 years after launching her international career in London. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian "sound" takes over dance music scene [Jun 01, 2011] BUCHAREST, June 1, 2011 (AFP) - Like dancing and looking for new club music? Move over London and Ibiza, it's time to check out .... Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian "sound" takes over dance music scene [May 31, 2011] BUCHAREST (AFP) - Like dancing and looking for new club music? Move over London and Ibiza, it's time to check out .... Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian "sound" takes over dance music scene [May 31, 2011] Like dancing and looking for new club music? Move over London and Ibiza, it's time to check out .... Romania. [via YahooNews] More >>

Holocaust Museum to Romania: scrap 'racist' coin [Aug 02, 2010] A leading Holocaust group has demanded that Romania's central bank withdraw from circulation a commemorative coin of a former church leader who held anti-Semitic views and called for Jews to leave Romania. Romania - Government - Craiova - London - Bucharest [via YahooNews] More >>

Romania, Uruguay vying for last World Cup place [Jul 18, 2010] LONDON (AP) Romania and Uruguay will vie for the last berth in next year's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian minister slammed for gifting high-heeled shoes to flood victims [Jul 14, 2010] London, July 14 : Elena Udrea, Romanian tourism minister, has been slammed for gifting high-heeled shoes to female flood victims of Saucesti. [via YahooNews] More >>

Petrofac secures lucrative Romanian contract [Jul 12, 2010] LONDON (SHARECAST) - Oil industry services giant Petrofac has won its first production enhancement services contract in Romania after tying up a deal with Petrom, which owns the Ticleni oilfield and its eight satellite fields. [via YahooNews] More >>

Romanian children beg and steal ?100,000 a year in London [Apr 09, 2010] Victims of child trafficking are earning up to ?100,000 a year for Romanian gangs by being forced to beg and steal in London, it was revealed today. [via YahooNews] More >>

London-bound plane evacuated in Romania after bomb threat (Daily Telegraph) [Mar 17, 2010] A London-bound plane was forced to return to a Romanian airport after a bomb scare. [via YahooNews] More >>

GTS CE Selects Ciena to Improve Service Delivery in Romania (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) [Mar 15, 2010] LINTHICUM, Md. & LONDON----Ciena? Corporation , the network specialist, today announced that GTS Telecom, a Romanian service provider and part of GTS Central Europe , the fast-growing alternative carrier in the Central and Eastern Europe region, is future-proofing its network with the CN 4200? FlexSelect? Advanced Services Platform family to address rising demand for capacity and new services ... [via YahooNews] More >>